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 LXIII. Proceedings of Learned Societies, 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Premiums offered by this BoarcL 



[Continued from p. 294.] 



OrjHSTlTUTE for litter. — To the person who shall make, 

 And report to the board, the most satisfactory experiments 

 to ascertain the best substitutes for straw, stubble, rushes, 

 or fern, so as to answer the purpose for littering horses and 

 cattle, and raising manure — a piece of plate, or ten guineas < 



Accounts, verified by certificates, to be produced on or 

 before the first Tuesday in March, 180(3. 



Manuring grass and arable lands. — To the person who 

 shall draw up and produce to the board, the most satisfac- 

 tory account, founded on his own experience, or on speci- 

 fied facts, of the comparative advantages of manuring grass 

 and arable lands — the gold medal. 



Accounts to be produced on or before the first Tuesday in 

 March, 1808. 



Manuring with peat. .—To the person who shall report to 

 the board, the best account, verified by satisfactory experi- 

 ments, either on grass or on arable land, of applying peat 

 moss, mixed or unmixed, as a manure — the gold medal. 



Accounts to be produced on or before the first Tuesday in 

 April, 1806. 



Salt. — To the person who shall report to the board, the 

 most satisfactory experiments to ascertain the advantages 

 or disadvantages which have attended the use of salt as a 

 manure, either simple, or mixed with other substances, 

 and also for assisting in the food of animals— //a? gold 

 medal. 



It is required that the accounts of it, as a manure, shall 

 contain a description of the soils on which the experiments- 

 are made ; the other manures which may previously have 

 been used on the land ; the quantities of salt, mixed or un- 

 mixed, applied, and the effect carefully ascertained ; and 

 the quantity given, and in what manner, to any sort of live 

 stock. 



To be produced to the board on or before the first Tues- 

 day in December, 1805. — The same premium for 1 806. 



Plough. — To the person who shall produce to the board, 

 the plough which shall, with the least force, turn a furrow 

 not less than six inches deep, and nine broad, in the best 



and 



